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>>> mr. zimmerman, your -- i have signed the judgment that confirms the jury's verdict. your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cut off when you exit the courtroom over here. and you have no further business with the court. >> thank you, your honor. >> and that is how the criminal case ended just late last night. george zimmerman, a free man this morning. >> but his lawyers said whether he decides to stay in florida or move away and start over zimmerman's life will never be the same. nobody understands that better than his family, especially his brother, robert zimmerman, who joins us now. we know it's been an incredibly long evening for your family. the last thing you wanted to do was leave them. but i know that getting out and getting the message from the family out is also important. so let's start with the obvious. when is the last time you had a chance to speak with your brother and get a sense of where his head is now? >> we heard from george last night. he is adjusting. that's really the best way i can put it. i think he's been kind of caged in. he's
>>> mr. zimmerman, your -- i have signed the judgment that confirms the jury's verdict. your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cut off when you exit the courtroom over here. and you have no further business with the court. >> thank you, your honor. >> and that is how the criminal case ended just late last night. george zimmerman, a free man this morning. >> but his lawyers said whether he decides to stay in florida or move away and start over zimmerman's...
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he saw his client george zimmerman as a victim of the media. i want you to listen to what mr. o'mara described last night. >> you guys, the media, he was like a patient in an operating table where a mad scientist were permitting experiments on him and he had no anesthesia. he didn't know why he was turned into this monster, but quite honestly, you guys had lot to do with it because you took a story that was fed to you and you ran with it and you ran right over him. and that was horrid to him. >> okay. so i'm joined now by our legal analysts sunny hostin, former federal prosecutor, and criminal defense attorney mark nejame. sunny, so he's blaming the media for part of the narrative here, part of i guess of shaping the narrative when it comes to his client. >> that's fascinating to me only because this played out in a jury room. in a courtroom. and they weren't privy to anything that we were saying outside of that. and i think what is terrific, though, about what did happen here is that there were cameras in the courtroom. everyone got to see what was going on. there was transpa
he saw his client george zimmerman as a victim of the media. i want you to listen to what mr. o'mara described last night. >> you guys, the media, he was like a patient in an operating table where a mad scientist were permitting experiments on him and he had no anesthesia. he didn't know why he was turned into this monster, but quite honestly, you guys had lot to do with it because you took a story that was fed to you and you ran with it and you ran right over him. and that was horrid to...
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when the defense says that mr. zimmerman won't see a courthouse again, that is not true. the family had already filed a civil suit that will go forward. they are not immune to a suit that is already been filed. and zimmerman will have to testify in a civil suit. you cannot avoid that. and his testimony could lead to some very interesting new evidence. the federal government, the justice department suspended an investigation. they did not end it. and clearly, we will be having a conference call tonight, civil rights leaders. we will be pushing for them to move forward. i've talk to mr. crump with these two press conferences and he will be reiterating that. this whole notion that race had nothing to do with this. let us be clear. one, we came in, civil rights groups and i organized the first big rally in sanford because we were asked to by the family and the local community that said that there was a pattern of racial problems with the sanford police department. had the sanford police department went ahead like anybody would have thought, given the inconsistencies of the st
when the defense says that mr. zimmerman won't see a courthouse again, that is not true. the family had already filed a civil suit that will go forward. they are not immune to a suit that is already been filed. and zimmerman will have to testify in a civil suit. you cannot avoid that. and his testimony could lead to some very interesting new evidence. the federal government, the justice department suspended an investigation. they did not end it. and clearly, we will be having a conference call...
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. >>> mr. zimmerman, i have signed the judgment that confirms the jury's verdict. your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cut off when you exit the courtroom over here. and you have no further business with the court. okay, thank you. is there anything else -- >> and that is how the criminal case ended. just really seems like a few hours ago. george zimmerman a free man this morning. >> as his lawyer said, whether he decides to stay in florida or move away and start over, zimmerman's life will never really be the same. >> and part of the reason his life will never be the same is the national attention that was drawn to this case and the reactions we're hearing from fellow citizens online, really across all social media, twitter, facebook, even instagram and youtube. people are speaking out, as well they can and should. the majority, though, of the messages that you're seeing so far are disappointment, supporters of trayvon martin. victor blackwell is at cnn headquarters in atlanta following this social media reaction. so, victor, what are you seeing so
. >>> mr. zimmerman, i have signed the judgment that confirms the jury's verdict. your bond will be released. your gps monitor will be cut off when you exit the courtroom over here. and you have no further business with the court. okay, thank you. is there anything else -- >> and that is how the criminal case ended. just really seems like a few hours ago. george zimmerman a free man this morning. >> as his lawyer said, whether he decides to stay in florida or move away and...
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we also have to find a way to keep people like mr. zimmerman from having guns. we need to make clear that not only did mr. zimmerman have his ability to stand his ground and protect himself, so does trayvon martin. he is being followed by someone. he has a right to stand his ground as well. i think florida has serious issues as it relates to this law. i think they are not even-handed in the way they dispense justice. just in jacksonville, very recently a young mother who fired a warning shot into the air after she was being attacked by her husband, into the air. no one was injured. she received a sentence of 20 years. in the same state. she couldn't hold her ground. that says to me that there is a difference in the way we dispense justice between those who are african-american or poor or minority than others. >> that same woman had a protective order against her husband as well because of abuse suffered in the marriage in the past. >> absolutely. >> a lot of questions surrounding that. i do want -- we have to meet the promise of getting you on to talk about the
we also have to find a way to keep people like mr. zimmerman from having guns. we need to make clear that not only did mr. zimmerman have his ability to stand his ground and protect himself, so does trayvon martin. he is being followed by someone. he has a right to stand his ground as well. i think florida has serious issues as it relates to this law. i think they are not even-handed in the way they dispense justice. just in jacksonville, very recently a young mother who fired a warning shot...
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for those that condemn mr. zimmerman as quickly and as viciously as they did would have taken just a little bit of time to find out who it was they were condemning, it would never have happened. it certainly wouldn't have happened if he was black, because those people who decided that they were going to make him the scapegoat would not have. >> yes, you heard that correctly. that was defense attorney mark o'mara after handed down. the client who if black would not have been charged with the crime after being shot and killed by trayvon martin. joining our discussion a reporter from msnbc. >> in real life i've been doing this 20 years. that's my basis for making this statement. if prosecutors do not put into evidence exculpatory evidence, meaning statements where they say not guilty in their case in chief, this prosecution in total put about seven statements where george zimmerman while there were inconsistencies between the statements essentially was saying i didn't do it and i was defending myself. now, to get
for those that condemn mr. zimmerman as quickly and as viciously as they did would have taken just a little bit of time to find out who it was they were condemning, it would never have happened. it certainly wouldn't have happened if he was black, because those people who decided that they were going to make him the scapegoat would not have. >> yes, you heard that correctly. that was defense attorney mark o'mara after handed down. the client who if black would not have been charged with...
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zimmerman's and mr. martin's, and on the negligent theory, i think the self defense claim here trumps all and this was the only verdict regardless of how it was charged. >> is there any single piece of evidence that could have helped the prosecution make its case, perhaps a more credible witness or a piece of audio? they had everything going against them. >> it's not a question of everything going against them, it's a question of you knew go into this case what this case was all about. you knew the facts and the witnesses and the evidence and you still decided to proceed in this manner. mr. west is correct, it's shameful. >> it does seem to go after murder two with such flakey evidence. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> george zimmerman now a freeman. the last case to get this much attention in florida, the casey trial. what is the road like ahead for zimmerman? my name is mike and i quit smoking. chantix... it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer
zimmerman's and mr. martin's, and on the negligent theory, i think the self defense claim here trumps all and this was the only verdict regardless of how it was charged. >> is there any single piece of evidence that could have helped the prosecution make its case, perhaps a more credible witness or a piece of audio? they had everything going against them. >> it's not a question of everything going against them, it's a question of you knew go into this case what this case was all...
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the george zimmerman verdict. >> this is something no one gets over. there is no winners here. there is no monsters here. that is the tragedy. >> don west one of the victorious defense team and he is right there are no winners here. remember this jury, six ladies. six women. six local women. five of them white. one hispanic. what must they have thought of this spectacle. of course, they were sequestered but it was impossible, frankly, folks, let's face it for them not to know the eyes of the nation and the world were on sanford, florida, on that courthouse behind me and that they were playing a central role in a historic event this trial i think will be looked back on. susan constantine a well known jury consultant joins me now and i want to give you a head's up folks, i will be asking the panel and panelists please get ready about the request by the naacp for a federal investigation and a civil rights perhaps civil rights federal indictment of george zimmerman and that i think will be part of the news cycle tomorrow. i will get to that. susan constantine. the six ladies. first
the george zimmerman verdict. >> this is something no one gets over. there is no winners here. there is no monsters here. that is the tragedy. >> don west one of the victorious defense team and he is right there are no winners here. remember this jury, six ladies. six women. six local women. five of them white. one hispanic. what must they have thought of this spectacle. of course, they were sequestered but it was impossible, frankly, folks, let's face it for them not to know the...